Month: May 2011

MCD presents

EOIN GLACKIN

+ guests Dublin native Eoin Glackin, one of the most exciting Irish artists to emerge in recent years, will perform a showcase of his upcoming album and new single “Dark Rockin’ Woman” in Upstairs At Whelans on May 31st.Eoin Glackin has also announced details of an Irish tour.

THE RIOT TAPES

+ VON SHAKES, REDWOORDS & HOWLIN’ DOWLN’ “One of the most talked about Irish bands in recent history is continuing their ascendency with their Headline gig at Whelans” – PhantomFM The Riot Tapes will headline the main stage in Whelans, Wexford Street, Dublin 2 on Friday the 27th May 2011 @ 8pm. They will be supported by other acts that are yet to be announced. Tickets are available and cost €5.00 each. The Riot Tapes are a 6 piece band based in Dublin/London. They were formed in 2009 by Chris O’Brien and Elaine Doyle. In April 2011 they released their debut single called “Photograph”. The single can be downloaded here: http://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/photograph-single/id428043948 Confirm on Facebook HERE

IMC presents

Micheal Coady 4tet featuring Dave Binney

and special guests

O.K.O.D.O.M.G.

&

Prime Collective

MCD.ie present

THE RIPTIDE MOVEMENT

+ guests

Hotly tipped Irish act The Riptide Movement have just announced details of a headline performance at Whelans, Dublin on August 5th.

***PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE***

LADYDOLL

+ Toy Soldier Ladydoll are an avant-garde piano/guitar rock 4-piece from Cork, Ireland. They released their debut album “The Knife Thrower And His Wife” during 2010. Never resting on their laurels the guys and girl have spent the start of 2011 writing  new material which they will be performing across the country this summer as well as favourites from their debut.

THE MILLION DOLLARS

+ guests

After doing the usual things that 20somethings do, travelling the world amongst other things, Dubliner Richey McCourt decided it was time to collate all the songs he had written over the past few year- whether from previous incarnations of bands to solo projects- and finalize them in what is now christened the Million Dollars.

THE FALLEN DRAKES

+ Guests

Fresh from a recent support slot in the O2 supporting legendary Irish group ‘The Commitments’; The Fallen Drakes headline Whelans, Friday 15^th July 2011.

Lisa Richards & Whelanslive.com present

GEARÓID FARRELLY

+ support

Oldflattop.com presents

IAN McLAGAN

(Solo performance) + CLIVE BARNES Ian McLagan is a genuine, dyed-in-the-wool rock’n’roller. In fact, his smiling visage — he was, after all, a member of the Small Faces and the Faces — would serve as an ideal illustration in the proverbial Dictionary of What Is Truly Cool.

***THIS GIG HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE PINT*** Dublin Metal Events presents

HAIL OF BULLETS

Plus Guests COLDWAR + NEPHRIDIUM /////// Dutch death metal titans Hail Of Bullets make their Dublin debut in Whelans on Saturday 5th November.

THE O’S

+ guests With almost 300 shows and 1 album behind them, Dallas, TX natives The O’s return with sophomore release “Between The Two.”

The Irish Modernist Society proudly presents

THE UNIVERSAL

As sharp musically as they are in attire, Liverpool quartet The Universal apply timeless values of upbeat melodic British rock songwriting to a sharp-dressed 2011 model. The band brings a deep-seated love of classic mod culture to crafted, vintage guitar rock. They have just completed their self titled debut album, 10 tracks of fresh, contemporary songs along with a nod to the greatness of The Beatles, Kinks and The Jam.

TICKETS:

€14 incl booking fee available from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] & Tickets.ie.

AVANT GARDAI

+ guests Avant Gardai burst on the Dublin music scene in 1988 straddling the crap with ponytail and crap without ponytail era. 20 years later they remain committed to their irreverent and idiosyncratic view of all things Irish- particularly Irish rock.  Musical influences straddle Wedding Present, Pixies and Rolf Harris.

TICKETS:

€5 excluding booking fee available from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078].

www.whelanslive.com presents

THREAD PULLS &

TWINKRANES

//////// THREAD PULLS Thread Pulls are part rock band, stripped back to a core of drums and bass. Skewed grooves anchor their hypnotic proto-disco sound – kick-drum centred and sub-bass heavy. Roughly cut vocal layers and eastern trumpet-echoes coupling solar-synth-drones bring to mind early elements of future sounds. Having acquired a considerable reputation for their raw, energetic live shows and limited EP releases, they released their debut album New Thoughts to critical acclaim at home and abroad on Irish independent label OSAKA recordings at the end of 2010, followed by extensive touring in Ireland, UK, Europe and Scandinavia. ABOUT NEW THOUGHTS ‘Optimo album of the month, March 2011’ – Monorail Music ’New Thoughts is a receptacle for all sorts of musical history, from 1960s psych to taut post-punk and elemental disco and funk, yet never succumbs to any one ideal enough to derail this singular expedition.’ – Irish Times (4/5) ‘Heavy on percussion, the group have honed their rhythmic edge into a surgical knife…a very lean and focused album…they are obviously riding on the crest of a wave of inspiration.’ – Brainwashed ‘at their core lies an urgent, tribal drumbeat which at once saves them from the encroaching claws of oppressive melancholia and takes them to the rhythmic heights of proto-disco’ Clash Magazine (8/10) ‘like This Heat rearranging their Twilight Furniture for some spirit dancing.’ – 20 Jazz Funk Greats http://www.threadpulls.com /////////// TWINKRANES Twinkranes specialise in coded psychedelia and zone out progressive pop music. In November 2009 the Dublin based electronic outfit released their debut long player – “Spektrumtheatresnakes” to critical acclaim. The LP melds the worlds of motor driven kraut, space rock, psychedelia, drone and avant pop. ABOUT SPEKTRUMTHEATRESNAKES “… a fantastically unhinged mix of speeded-up krautrock rhythms, dirty drones and wonky synthesizers, which is at once weird and danceable and very pop.” 9/10 NME “After four stabs of organ, High Tekk Train Wreck sprints away from the lights with a squeal of wheelspin, its *motorik soundling like a customised and tuned Ford Focus on a suburban *estate rather than a sedately cruising BMW on the autobahns.” 4/5 THE GUARDIAN “Twinkranes have commendably taken it upon themselves to filter Krautrock’s weighty influences through the sensuous prism of pop and dance music.” 4/5 RECORD COLLECTOR “Their debut album is primetime psych rock lunacy, a heart stopping barrage of frenzied krautrock rhythums, extraterrestrial synth strops, technicolored guitars and monster monster grooves.” 4/5 THE IRISH TIMES For those of you that like your music to be intense and cerebral, you’ll love Spektrumtheatresnakes. Despite the multitude of influences, it is a truly unique album, and timeless too. This could’ve been recorded at any point in the last 40 years and it would still sound contemporary, yet futuristic. An exciting and intriguing debut. SUPERSWEET.ORG www.breakingtunes.com/twinkranes http://tuuprong.blogspot.com

TICKETS:

€12 including booking fee available from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] & Tickets.ie.

Japanese Legends

SHONEN KNIFE

30th Anniversary Tour plus special guests SO COW What about this new album then? ‘Super Group’ is the 14th album from Shonen Knife, released in the UK on DAMNABLY. The CD features exclusive artwork and bonus live tracks recorded from their first UK show in 15 years at the Brixton Windmill in 2009. “When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert.” Kurt Cobain Who are Shonen Knife? The groundbreaking all-female Japanese, pop-punk trio formed in Osaka in 1981, when Naoko first heard late ‘70’s punk-pop like The Ramones.Inspired, the band crafted their own idiosyncratic songs, fashioned brightly coloured outfits and DIY albums. In 1985, K Records released ‘Burning Farm’ in the US. Deals with Sub Pop and various Majors followed. 1989 saw the crème of the alt. rock scene (including Sonic Youth, L7 and Redd Kross) covering their favourite Shonen Knife songs on the tribute album ‘Every Band Has A Shonen Knife Who Loves Them’. They toured with Nirvana (on the ‘Nevermind’ tour), The Breeders and as part of Lollapalooza. They recorded sessions for John Peel and appeared on MTV’s ‘Beavis and Butthead’. Shonen Knife were the first Japanese act to break through to the west, and they remain one of the most influential. Almost 30 years on, a few line- up changes and 15 albums later, they’re still as super-punk-pop rockin and fun as ever. The band will play All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Matt Groening in May, as well as a UK/Europe Tour. What does it sound like? Infectious, kooky songs on a variety of offbeat topics. From the inevitable ego clashes in a ‘super group’, the misnomer of immortality (‘Pyramid Power’) to the joys of outdoor cooking (‘BBQ Party’). From sugary-pop to uber-heavy rock that sounds like Motorhead in Wonka Land, Super Group is full of youthful exuberance, yet delves into the mysteries of life from deer parks to the nature of stardom. It’s deep, it’s light, it’s super-mental pop-punk ROCK. Totally original and outrageously loveable. What do you need to know about this record? After original member Atsuko retired from the band, ‘Super Group’ marks the return of Shonen Knife to a power trio, with bassist Ritsuko Taneda joining as an official member. The concept of the album is to “go back to the starting point of ROCK” and Naoko’s recent obsession with 70’s UK metal. The result is hyper catchy, cool songs that Jonathan Richman and Black Sabbath would not be ashamed of. Plus they cover Wings’ Jet!-pure fandom, pure fundom in a way that only Shonen Knife can do.

TICKETS:

€14 incl booking fee available from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078], Tickets.ie & Ticketmaster.

ZOMBIE COMPUTER

+ SertOne INDIAN SUMMER ALBUM LAUNCH Forming in June 2010 Zombie Computer came to life and quickly gathered a cult following on the strength of their no holds barred live performances. Already gaining recognition in Ireland and further afield in the UK and US the band have been highly tipped as “One’s to Watch” for 2011.

CATSCARS

ANGKORWAT

ILEX

+Suzanne Walsh+Diarmuid MacDiarmada

Catscars needs/wants/must make an awesome video and release a shiny new EP this summer and so Caustic Soda-Pop are holding a show on Thursday to help this cat pursue her dreams!

F.M.C Tour presents

ADEBISI SHANK, HEATHERS &

O EMPEROR

+ special guests THE CRAYON SET

Following on from the enormous success of the inaugural FMC Tour last November, First Music Contact are delighted to announce a second six-date tour with Adebisi Shank, O Emperor and Heathers all performing across two weekends in June. First Music Contact, with funding from The Arts Council’s Touring and Dissemination of Work Scheme, will tour three of Ireland’s finest talents around the country in an effort to enable Irish audiences to have access to Irish headline acts for the reasonable price of €15.00 plus charges.

FMC work with artists at all levels both at home and on the international stage through their various projects, so they saw an opportunity to tour some standout Irish talent around the country in an unusual mix and give audiences a unique opportunity to celebrate home grown success! Thanks to the support of the Arts Council’s Touring and Dissemination of Work Scheme, FMC are able to put this tour together at an incredibly low ticket price. This great line-up will play six cities over two weekends in November for the rock- bottom price of €15.00 (ex fees). Tickets go on sale from Tueusday 26th April on www.tickets.ie and venue websites

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TICKETS:

€15 excluding fees available from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078], Tickets.ie & Ticketmaster.